Gifts and such

One of my nice Mother's Day present was the largest bottle of Kiehl body moisturizer.  The large size lasts several months, maybe even a year.  It is thick as clotted cream and the color of custard.  It's the best I have ever had.  Beth and Mike kindly gave me a big jug of it and I was thrilled.  The last bottle I bought on sale for $50. from Nordstrom, but they have not had a sale since and besides, I am not happy with Nordstroms. It is a $75. purchase and it is worth it, just hard to part with that much money to smear on one's body. Got to keep the body going, however, so I was so pleased to be blessed with this lotion.

Matt and Stacy got me a lovely yellow lily plant.  I have several long lasting lilies near the conservatory and I hope to plant this and have it come up with the others next season.  These lilies really are long lasting cut flowers and if you clip the center stamens of the lily it saves you from having stains where ever the stamens fall.

The pork dinner went over well last night.  There was enough to send to Matt and Stacy when Beth and Mike went to visit with Madeleine.  That baby is advancing so quickly; she's a winner.

Our flower search continues today.  The purge of blooms this year was amazing and I am sure the stores and nurseries are rolling in money.  Good for them. We have just returned from Dill's with a car load of blossoms.  Sadly not enough red geraniums to fit the bill, so we are using pink ones with purple petunias for the pots on the apartment steps.

I have been reading a lot lately.  My little Kindle is good outside or in and it is small and fits in my purse when I go to the hair salon or the pedicure shop or any place I might have a chance to get a few passages in. If I see a book on Amazon and want to buy it, it is one click and done. It appears a few minutes later on my Kindle and I don't have to worry about shelf space when I have finished.  I have been reading light books by Mariah Stewart.  Her work has kept my interest lately.

We have always been fans of Donato's pizza since David first turned us on to it years ago.  I have to say the last two we have had have been a great disappointment.  The once large pizza is now the size of the old medium, but costing the same as the old large, the crust is wobbly and the pepperoni is scant. The mushrooms are shriveled. We did a first by throwing some of it away. We don't get pizza often, so I am not going to give them another chance.  We are looking for a new place.

Writing about food; I have no idea what will be simmering in my kitchen today. One thing is working in my kitchen right now ... the Smart Clean Bissell robot sweeper.  That was such a good buy at Ollie's and it works so well.  We bought one for Beth for Mother's Day.

Have a great day in the sun.